At Hornbill, we will provide the practical advice and support you need to ensure that your hazardous area installations comply fully with the entire regulatory framework - at all times.

We offer DSEAR compliance reporting, which includes a detailed visual inspection with the option of an inspection and asset database. We also carry out initial ATEX Inspection and Testing (BS EN 60079-17). This covers the design of your electrical installations within hazardous areas and sets out any necessary remedial work.

Should any gaps exist between the condition of your installations and the regulatory requirements, Hornbill will explain these to you and create a plan to address the weaknesses.

To help you stay compliant thereafter, Hornbill can provide ongoing hazardous area maintenance and inspection and testing services.

DSEAR (Dangerous Substances and Explosives Atmospheres Regulations) oblige employers to eliminate or control the risks from explosive atmospheres in the workplace. In DSEAR, an explosive atmosphere is a mixture of dangerous substances with air, under atmospheric conditions, in the form of gases, vapours, mist or dust in which, after ignition has occurred, combustion spreads to the entire unburned mixture.

ATEX refers to the two European Directives for controlling explosive atmospheres:

Directive 99/92/EC (also known as 'ATEX 137' or the 'ATEX Workplace Directive') on minimum requirements for improving the health and safety protection of workers potentially at risk from explosive atmospheres

Directive 94/9/EC (also known as 'ATEX 95' or 'the ATEX Equipment Directive') on the approximation of the laws of Members States concerning equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres

To find out more about Hornbill’s Hazardous Area services, call us on+44 (0) 1792 818111 or send us amessage below.

Inspection & Installation

Hornbill provide a full turnkey service from area inspection, testing and installation to maintaining and certifying. Providing ATEX and DSEAR Services to fulfil your needs to achieving your legal responsibility.

With our experienced and CompEx qualified engineers covering Gas, Dust, Water, Mechanical and Petroleum and multi skills we can provide:

Hazardous Area Inspections

ATEX Explosion Protection Documents (EPD)

Hazardous Area Project Management

Intrinsically safe system descriptive documentation.

Verification of all installations.

Inspection

We are an NICEIC approved contractor for Hazardous Areas

Our Inspectors are fully conversant in the following standards, and have experience in working in a variety of hazardous area environments from Water Industry, Pharmaceutical, Chemical plants, Gas & Oil storage and refineries to Power Stations and supported by our very own Compex Licensed Training centre:

BS EN 60079-17 2014 states a requirement for all equipment in the hazardous areas must be inspected every 3 years and a maintenance/inspection plan must be put in place to accomplish this, and must include the following types of inspections

Visual– an inspection without the use of access equipment or tools, identifying non-compliances which apparent to the eye.

Close - includes the checks covered by a visual inspection and identifies non-compliances, which be apparent only by the use of tools and access equipment without opening the equipment

Detailed - includes the checks covered by a close inspection identifying non-compliances, which will only be apparent by opening the equipment, and using tools and test equipment.

Hornbill can work closely with you to adapt and develop your inspections around your companies requirements

Documentation

Using our own bespoke software we can/will produce/create

individual inspection certificates for each piece of hazardous area equipment

a site/area asset register

a report for any non-compliant equipment discovered during the inspection